Modern Obscure Music
Modern Obscure Music is a Spanish cross-cutting music platform operating a record label and a publishing arm for original composition, sound design, and sync supervision.
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Overview
Modern Obscure Music is a Spanish music company that describes itself as a cross-cutting platform exploring the boundaries between different disciplines based on deep listening and music research. Its activities span two main areas: a record label with an online store, and Modern Obscure Music Publishing, which provides original audio composition and modern sound design services for films, commercials, performance, video games, and new media. The company states that it works with and represents renowned international composers, musicians, and sound designers. The label side of the business releases records and merchandise, with releases including Shackleton's "The Purge of Tomorrow" and "Font de la Vera" by Raül Refree & Pedro Vian. The publishing side has been involved in original music composition and re-composition, including a reworking of "Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley and Lee Scratch Perry, sound design and music for a Peter Lindberg exhibition in A Coruña, sound design for a Meisel 93 exhibition, and synchronization and sound design for Nike Skate. The company also highlights that Richie Hawtin played Pedro Vian's "Paradiso" as the opening track of the Raf Simons x Calvin Klein show. Modern Obscure Music has also initiated PRSNT, described as a global project combining different artistic interpretations of modern lives, created by artists with different music, visual, and literary backgrounds. PRSNT has taken the form of an album featuring 12 compositions, each just 32 seconds in length, with a dedicated website at www.prsnt.today. The brand positions itself at the intersection of contemporary music culture and visual projects, bringing music into visual and commercial contexts while maintaining an experimental, research-driven identity. Its output ranges from artist albums and merchandise to bespoke composition and sound design for fashion, sport, exhibitions, and new media.
History
Modern Obscure Music is a Spanish music platform that operates as both a record label and a publishing house. According to its official website, it is a cross-cutting platform exploring the boundaries between different disciplines based on deep listening and music research. The company's publishing division, Modern Obscure Music Publishing, specializes in providing original audio composition and modern sound design services for films, commercials, performance, video games, and new media, and it works with and represents renowned international composers, musicians, and sound designers. The label side of the business releases records and merchandise through an online store. Documented releases include Shackleton's "The Purge of Tomorrow" and "Font de la Vera" by Raül Refree & Pedro Vian. The company has also been involved in high-profile creative projects: it composed original music and re-composed "Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley and Lee Scratch Perry; provided sound design and music for a Peter Lindberg exhibition in A Coruña; created original music and sound design for the Meisel 93 exhibition; and handled synchronization and sound design for Nike Skate. It also notes that Richie Hawtin played Pedro Vian's "Paradiso" as the opening track of the Raf Simons x Calvin Klein show. Beyond label and publishing work, Modern Obscure Music initiated PRSNT, a global project that combines different artistic interpretations of modern lives. Created by a variety of artists with different music, visual, and literary backgrounds, PRSNT has come to life as an album featuring 12 compositions, each just 32 seconds in length, with its own website at www.prsnt.today. The available evidence does not specify the exact founding year, founder names, headquarters city, or ownership structure of Modern Obscure Music. Wikidata classifies it simply as a record label. The brand continues to present itself as active, with a website offering new releases, publishing services, and merchandise.
Products and positioning
A cross-cutting platform exploring the boundaries between disciplines through deep listening and music research, bridging contemporary music culture with visual and commercial projects.
Shackleton - The Purge of Tomorrow
Raül Refree & Pedro Vian - Font de la Vera
PRSNT album (12 compositions, 32 seconds each)
Original music composition and re-composition of "Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley and Lee Scratch Perry
Sound design and music for Peter Lindberg exhibition in A Coruña
Original music composition and sound design for Meisel 93 Exhibition
Synchronization for Nike Skate and sound design
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